Commentary by Catherine Lucero MD, PGY-3
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient is a 69-year old woman from El Salvador with a chief complaint of worsening abdominal distension for nine months. Three months earlier, the patient was told …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Is prescribing placebos an ethical practice?
February 18, 2009
Commentary by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, NYU Department of Medicine, Clinical Correlations Ethics Section Editor
In October 2008, BMJ published a research article entitled “Prescribing placebo treatments: results of a national survey of US …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
February 16, 2009
Commentary by Josh Remick MD, NYU Senior Chief Resident
It was quite the week in Medicine, spanning from politics to plagiarism, pregnancy to pain, steroids to statins and artificial limbs to A-Roid. And …
Real Time Clinical Question: Rheumatology
February 13, 2009
Commentary by Jon-Emile Kenny MD, PGY- 2
Faculty Peer Reviewed
At morning report, the case of a 55 F with known dermatomyositis (DM), and interstitial lung involvement who had presented to the hospital with …
Grand Rounds: “Health Care Access and Its Impact on Health Disparities”
February 11, 2009
Commentary by Zackary Berger MD PhD, PGY-3, Health Care Policy Section Editor
As Massachusetts’ Secretary of Health and Human Services, JudyAnn Bigby, MD, is charged with overseeing the health-care program which covers nearly all of the Commonwealth’s residents (nearly …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
February 9, 2009
Commentary by Michael Poles MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
Welcome to this week’s primecuts. Let’s slice right in and take a big bite out of last week’s medical news, starting with a little political …
Diseases 2.0: Sepsis
February 5, 2009
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Commentary by Andrew McKinstry MD PGY-1
Faculty Peer Reviewed
For anyone who has stepped into an ICU, the septic patient is a familiar sight. …
Pay for Performance: A Temporary Solution for Improving Health Care Quality
February 4, 2009
Commentary by Amit Sura, MD, MBA, PGY-1 and Nirav Shah MD, MPH, NYU Assistant Professor of Medicine
On March 1, 2001 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released “Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health …